David Patrick Kelly (born January 23, 1951) is an American actor and musician who has appeared in numerous films and television series. He is perhaps best known for his role as Luther in the cult 1979 film The Warriors and T-Bird in the 1994 film The Crow.[1]

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Kelly was born in Detroit, Michigan, the son of Margaret Elizabeth (Murphy) and Robert Corby Kelly, Sr., an accountant.[2][3] His father was a Bronze Star recipient for service during the Battle Of The Bulge in World War II. He is of Irish descent. His grandfather Daniel Murphy was from Lisnashershane near Cork. His great-grand-uncle was father William Corby, chaplain of the Irish Brigade at Gettysburg and subsequently president of Notre Dame University. Kelly was given a mandolin on St. Patricks Day 1964 by his mother and considers that the greatest influence on his artistic life.[4] Kelly graduated cum laude from the University of Detroit and was also a student of Marcel Marceau and Mira Rostova.[5]

Kelly sang and played mandolin on the Grammy Award winning soundtrack for the Broadway musical "'"Once'"". He received a Connecticut Critcs Circle Award for his performance in "Tartuffe" at Hartford Stage. He was nominated for a Lucille Lortel Award for his performance in Nathan Louis Jackson"s "When I Come To Die" at LCT3. In 1998 Kelly received an Obie Award for sustained excellence for his theater work in classics, new plays and the avant-garde.[5]